Consumer-facing enterprises have long been stewards of customer identity data, storing sensitive attributes ranging from a customer’s name, to credit card numbers and home addresses.
But with the ever increasing number of data breaches, privacy concerns, and misuse of data, lawmakers are now stepping in to arm data regulation with teeth. In the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was the first step taken to set a new standard for data privacy. As these organizations embark on the journey of continual data privacy compliance and it becomes a C level initiative, enterprises must take a second look at future-proofing their IT infrastructure.
